Ice guard

Menards has a good contractor sale on it now, but I don't want to use it unless its any good. I have used their ice guard without the felt in the past and it always worked well, but they discontinued it due to it being slippery.

Hi Scott. Your best bet is to use a product that comes from the shingle MFGR you select, or a product specifically approved by them for use with their product if you want your warranty to hold up in case of a material failure.

__________________" Most people would rather die than think, and most do " Bertrand Russell

" Hello, Mr Manufacturer? I installed your shingles on my house, and they are coming apart after only two years"

Really? We have never seen this happen with our wonderful shingles. Send us the original receipts for all the pre-appreoved components you used when you installed the shingle.

What? You used Larrys Super Ice dams instead of ours??? Dear Sir, our products are designed to be used as a system, to not do so voids your warranty.

Warranty, Shmorenty, Bye!

1. If a contractor sells a customer a system warranty and substitutes products like this then shame on him. A majority of roofs installed are not sold with one.

2. The odds of Almighty Jagan's scenario actually occurring are greater than getting mauled by a black bear and and a white bear in the same day.

3. Roofing and DIY'ing, like life, is not black and white. It's a balance of proper building standards, common sense,and REALITY in dealing with specific scenarios. Cut and pasting the words of some mfr or bureaucrat rarely fits into specific real-world situations. This is a DIY forum, not FedBizOps. We all would help this forum and the people visiting a lot more if we remember this when posting replies.